Start spreading the news,
The Tonight Show is getting its newest host this Monday with the arrival of
Jimmy Fallon to fill the seat of the popular
Jay Leno after his 22-year tenure behind the desk.
It may seem like a dream come true for the talk show host, but the gig can also be a bit of a poisoned chalice, as
Conan O'Brien found out when he replaced
Jay Leno on
NBC's late-night talk show in June 2009. He only lasted nine short months until viewers bailed on him, maybe not understanding his brand of irony and satire.
At the same time
The Jay Leno Show didn't work in its new primetime slot either, so after retiring from hosting
The Tonight Show, he returned again in March 2010, until he bowed out on February 6, 2014 with his highest audience in 15 years, when 14.6 million viewers tuned in to say goodbye.
So, no pressure
Jimmy Fallon. You only have to live up to
The Tonight Show legends like
Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and
Jay Leno (who it's worth noting wasn't an instant success when he first started).
Let's hope your jokes, guests and format make the grade (and by the way does anyone think it's confusing that there are two late-night hosts with similar names,
Jimmy Fallon and
Jimmy Kimmel).
These nighttime
New York cityscape-themed billboards for
Jimmy Fallon's debut were snapped along
Sunset Strip and
Beverly Boulevard on February 11, 2014.
For another (funnier) way to advertise this show format, be sure to check out these
Conan O'Brien talk show billboards (where he found a successful new home on
TBS) and
ads for Kathy Griffin's short-lived chat show (which lasted two seasons on
Bravo).
UPDATED: If you're a fan of the show, here's also the promo billboards for the new 2015 season of
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon snapped along the
Sunset Strip on September 6, 2015.
In addition here's also the
Emmy nomination billboard to encourage
TV Academy voters to give the talk show host their support, spied along
Sunset Boulevard on August 23, 2015.
Jimmy's move to
The Tonight Show seems to be the best thing he ever did, are you watching?
UPDATED: Jimmy Fallon may be struggling in the late-night ratings (that
Donald Trump interview has certainly come back to bite him in the bum), but that doesn't mean that
NBC isn't going to show their support in a big way for 2017
Emmy season.
This super-sized
Emmy consideration billboard for
The Tonight Show host was snapped along
West Hollywood's busy
Sunset Strip on June 9, 2017.
UPDATED: Here's also the 2018
Emmy consideration billboard for
Jimmy Fallon, spotted along
Fairfax Avenue on June 1, 2018.
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